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Roderick Usher 12-01-2006 05:23 PM

firing my agent
 
Without out getting into too much bitching - my partner and I decided to spread a rumor that we were going to fire our agent. We told our manager, two other writers and a friend who works in the mail room of a competing agency.

He called us less than 3 hours later, apologizing profusely and setting up meetings for us.

The kicker?

He asked if we wanted to write Bloodrayne 2

motherfucker:mad:

But he got us some other meetings - good ones, so we'll stick with him until someone better comes along.

urgeok 12-04-2006 07:01 AM

writing is writing ..

worst case scenario - you come up with a supeior sequel ..

bwind22 12-19-2006 05:00 AM

Nice move Rod! It's clear to me now how you ended up as the HDC Sole Survivor when you're busting out strategic moves like that in your day to day life.

I guess I missed the first part of the story though. Why did you want to fire him to begin with? Or did you never really want to and this whole thing was just an attempt to get him working harder for you?

Vodstok 12-20-2006 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by bwind22 (Post 523319)
Nice move Rod! It's clear to me now how you ended up as the HDC Sole Survivor when you're busting out strategic moves like that in your day to day life.

I guess I missed the first part of the story though. Why did you want to fire him to begin with? Or did you never really want to and this whole thing was just an attempt to get him working harder for you?

Sounds like it was just a clever chess move.


For some reason, this reminded me of "Swimming with sharks".

Roderick Usher 12-20-2006 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bwind22 (Post 523319)
I guess I missed the first part of the story though. Why did you want to fire him to begin with? Or did you never really want to and this whole thing was just an attempt to get him working harder for you?

I won't get into detail as anything on the internet can be sourced rather quickly, but we were unhappy with his level of commitment.

Since this move, he has set up several meetings for us and we're happy as Larry.

Just not going to work with Uwe Boll ever! Don't need his taint on my career:D

Vodstok 12-20-2006 11:10 AM

Other names to steer clear of:
Courtney Solomon (Dungeons and Dragons, An American Haunting)
Paul Anderson


They have perfected their own brand of alchemy, turning gold into shit.

The_Return 12-20-2006 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Vodstok (Post 523681)
Other names to steer clear of:

Paul Anderson

Cut the guy some slack...Event Horizon was awesome, and Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat were both alot better than they could have been.

Look at Anderson's Mortal Kombat, then compare it to Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Case in point.

Zero 12-23-2006 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by omcdave (Post 523770)
cool man you could set it in the year 3000 and it can have all chimps in pink cloths killing people with forks :D ;)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...rry_medium.gif

Vodstok 12-25-2006 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 523683)
Cut the guy some slack...Event Horizon was awesome, and Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat were both alot better than they could have been.

Look at Anderson's Mortal Kombat, then compare it to Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Case in point.

No, i dont want to or have to.

I never liked event horizon. Resident evil doesnt hold up to repeated viewings (and the commentary forever killed mila jovovich and michelle rodriguez for me... Airheads...)


And mortal kombat.... Well, comparing it to annihilation is like comparing a road apple to an over-full port-o-potty. one may siuck less than the other, but they are both shit.

ThrillerWriter666 01-18-2007 01:38 PM

That's a pretty clever move. Maybe I should try that on my agent who hasn't been answering my emails lately.


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